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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people.  We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services. 

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.  Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.  

Job overview

To provide efficient and effective advanced specialist and general mental health practitioner assessment and intervention to the clients who are care coordinated within the MACC Team MDT.

To create personalised treatment programmes co-produced alongside client’s strengths and their support network to support them to manage with complex health conditions.

The AHP/Registered Practitioner will be aware of physical and psychological factors living with long term health conditions and frailty and will support the stabilisation of their social situations with the view to improve quality of life and well being.

To promote excellent collaborative working links with partnership agencies across the health, social and voluntary sectors to ensure the clients have the best possible support network to utilise the most appropriate  health and social care services with the view to reduce and prevent unplanned hospital admissions.

Main duties of the job

• To be the Lead mental health specialist within the MACCT.

• To contribute to the triage of the referral and allocation process for new referrals received by the service.

• To provide highly specialist advice complete, complete assessments and the completion of individual care plans, which take account of risk assessments and individuals psychological and physical health needs (frailty).

• To maintain a role as care coordinator of a case load of clients whose range of needs require ‘complex’ arrangements of care.

• To ensure good caseload management in including that discharges or transfers of care are progressed in a safe and timely manner.

Working for our organisation

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and well being, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.